Jacquard heald and harness.



No. 780,220. PATENTED JAN. 17, 1905. E. OBERHOLZER.

JAGQU'ARD HEALD AND HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1003.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JACQUARD HEALD AND HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,220, dated January 17, 1905.

Application filed May 29,1903. Serial No. 159,384..

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL OBER'HOLZER, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing at Horgen, Oberdorf, canton of Zurich, Switzerland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Jacquard Healds and Harness, of which the following is a specification.

As is well known. changes in temperature cause harness or heald strings to lengthen or shorten, and thereby twist. The healds being directly connected to the harness-strings they also twist, and thus frequently cause the warpthreads to break.

My invention has for its object to obviate the said defects; and it consists in employing in connection with the harness-strings flat guide-rods which are prevented from turning by rails interposed between the same. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated. in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 a side view, of one form; and Fig. 3, a side view of another form in which my invention may be carried out.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, I employ between the harness-strings a and the healds 5 flat guide-rods c, which are prevented from twisting by the guide-rails cZ, interposed between them.

In Fig. 3 the guide-rods 0 take the place of the healds, an aperture e being formed in each for the warp-thread to pass through, and guiderails d are also interposed between the same.

ness-string and a heald, a flat rod inserted between the same and a guide-rail on each side of the said rod, the latter being laterally guided by the said rails and the heald and harnessstring thereby prevented from twisting, all combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a jacquard heald and harness, a harmess-string, a heald inserted into the same, consistingof a flat rod having a warp-hole and a guide-rail at each side of the said rod, the latter being laterally guided by the said rails and together with the harness-string prevented from twisting, all combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

EMIL OBERI-IOLZER.

Witnesses CARL MULLER, A. LIEBERKNECHT. 

